The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-10-12

THE ANT AND THE CHRISTOPHER.
An industrious Ant, while to!ling in the
field was accosted by merry Grasshopper,
who invited him to go to Picnic. Picnic
nothing, YOU lazy tramp" exclaimed the
Indignant Ant wait till winter comes and
see what kind of Picnic you'll have 1
must earn bread to winter my family"
So they went their ways; the Industrious
Ant toilsd ike an African Slave all sum
mer, while the Giddy Grasshopper took in
the seaside and the mountains. About
the Second of December the Discouraged
Ant came to the Grasshoper to ask for the
loan Of Tenner to pay his rent; ''other-
wise" be said, sadly, eve will be evicted
and come upon the county. L
mer, and this is the end of it," Brace up
old Cbappie," replied the Good.h hearted
Grassbopper, cheerfully. Here's Double
Sawbuck 10 see you over the shadows and
when that's gone come back again. A fell
low who gets fifty dollars q night aud free
board all Summer for singing few, songs
ana rebearsiug column of mouldy Old
Chestnuts, isn't going back on the work
ingmar; cot in Presidential year" Tnis
true Fable teaches that it's mighty poor
song and dance artist who can't cara more
than q dollar and hall day. To the
work-hoDse with the Ant, and Down with
the Rest of your Relations.
AUTUMN DAYS
in the Fall brighter brazen tips the politicians
cheer,
And his gall" is most smazin', while his pro-
phecieS are weaK.
In the Fall the mighty pumpkin swells around
And the Candidate compares 1t with the mighty
head he wears.
In the Fall the ecturtng parson turns his back
upon his flock,
And tue young man tries to get his winter gar
ments out of hook
THE NEW THEOLOGY.
81 am sure you will like our church."
said the elder, showing TIE new minister
around, you will be the first man to
preach in it. These are the church parlors
for our social gatherings; aren't they hand
some? They cost a hezp of money, but
it's worth while 20 do things well. We
have q neat little stage, you see, for rscita-
tions and little concerts aud other things.
Here is the Kitchen large. well-equipped,
q splendid thing when we give big suppers,
as We often do. This large room adioin-
ing is to be the Sabbath school room, but
we haven't got 1t seated yet, and there is
no organ either. We hope to have Sab
bath school organized some time this win.
ter" And where do you have preach
iDg?" asked the parson. "Ob, we'll" re-
piled the elder, I'VE have no place for
preaching yet, and / don't suppose you'll
have much of that to do before next
spring. The upstairs isn't finished and
don't know when it will be. It's terribly
hard work raising money now. <
was all We could do to finish the
kitchen"
MRS CLEvELAND's LEISURE.
Yes, my SOD, sometimes 1 envy Mrs.
Cleveland her leisure time. Sometimes 1t
seems to me she has nearly as many after
moons out as hired girl.
THE PUNISHMENT FITS THE CRIME.
ST am afraid sometimes, doctor,n said
the patient sadly, that I will go mad,
melancholy mad" "And so You will"
said the physician, eff you don't shake of
this morbid, gloomy depression and cheer
up. What have you done2 Committed
MURDER mo; think maybe work too
hard" "What is your business" 81 am
eoltor OF funny paper. Doctor changes
his prescription and writes HIM an order
for admission to the asylum.
HIS ONLY VOCATION.
81 don't know what to do with you, I'm
sure" said the discouraged father to his
stupid son, you are idle and inattentiye
at school, you don't seem to know how to
work at anything, you have no memory,
no application, you don't even enjoy play
as other dogs do, you seem to be utterly
worthless. There isn't a thing In this land
you are fitted for, unless you should be
elected VIcc-President."
vESEERED COMFORT
Yes, yes my son, have read your little
poem, Though dark the storm clouds
gather here, The stars are shining in the
sky" You say that thought gives you
great comfort. Well, L am glad it does;
still, perhaps it would be quite as comfort
able to 60 into the house. If Poverty with
big should ever assan you, you might
write another comforting poem-"Though
am lodged in jail for debt There's lots of
money in the bank" SOme people are.
v II
drowning you would sing, Although 1
sink beneath the waves, It's high and dry
on mountain top"
THE TEsr OF ETERNITY.
"Kill your work stand the test of time,
my friend?" asked the minister 81 think
1t will, replied Mr.. Sreetnote, who had
published q volume of Iovey-doyey poems,
SIT has been on the market four wears. and
the publisher reports six copies sold, and
they are copies / bought myself. I am
only afraid 1t will have to stand the test of
eternity"
MANS INHUhANITY TO MAN
The officers of the law dragged before the
bar of Justice q dark-broged Anarchist.
On his malignant brow was written, HAT
red to man" Hideous lines of evil
marred his face, and vicious misanthropy
glowered from his countenance. He
glared around him as though he
1onged to destroy the human race.
speak" cried the Judge, "Are you the
man who threw the bomb? The face of
the Anarchist glowed with the lurid light
OF pitiless hate, Bomb" he echoed, with
messureless scorn, "Bombl Nawl! am
the man who wrote the Centennial Oder
Ia, Ha, Hasa" And the crowd turned
pale and shrank back, and the officers
grasped their weapons more firmly, while
amid silence that was like the stiffness
OF death, the Judge put on the black cap
and fined him four dollars and thirty cents
RETRIBUTIvE JUSTICE.
Here is pie5e of good news for thous.
ands of male people. A COW got into a
xDen's garden and found an oleander grow
ing In tub, which was painted green and
contained thirty-four thousand pounds of
dirt. The cow etc the oleaoder, which is
Hch in prusic acid, and straightway the
Dleander killed the COW. Here, indeed, is
blessing that makes glad the heart of
man. You kill the marauding COW that
pfowls around, living on the neighbors,
and at the same time get rid of the thrice
accused 0leander that only blooms once
In three hundred years, and has to be car
1ied down into and up out Of the cellar
by the head of the family twice q year.
oh, felkov-men, slaves, trampled under
the feet of wandering COWS and migratory
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